212. NC Sun AM: Man hit by bullet while sleeping in west Charlotte home

by DIANA RUGG / NewsChannel 36
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Posted on July 29, 2012 at 6:40 PM

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A shooting that riddled a house with bullets in the Arbor Glen neighborhood off Clanton Road and West Boulevard has shaken up an area that has seen a dramatic drop in crime in the past four years, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

The house on Hiram Street was hit by at least five shots during the gunfire around 3:15 a.m. Holes could be seen in the home’s siding and at least one window, and windows had been shattered on two of the family’s cars ...

Natasha Harvell said she and her husband, whom she declined to name, were asleep when the bullets pierced their bedroom wall and whizzed over their bed.

The 40-year-old man was taken to Carolinas Medical Center but later released. Harvell said he was not seriously injured ...